SAPROLEGNIA FERAX
Dictionary entry overview: What does Saprolegnia ferax mean? • SAPROLEGNIA FERAX (noun)
The noun SAPROLEGNIA FERAX has 1 sense:
1. a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
Familiarity information: SAPROLEGNIA FERAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SAPROLEGNIA FERAX (noun)
Meaning:
A fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Saprolegnia ferax; white fungus
Hypernyms ("Saprolegnia ferax" is a kind of...):
fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)
Holonyms ("Saprolegnia ferax" is a member of...):
genus Saprolegnia; Saprolegnia (aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains)
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